Just The Predictions

Okay, so you just want to know what you should bet on. You ain't interested in all the clever turns of wordphrasementation that I slap together. Hey, I'm the writer, this is movie-oriented…why should you respect me?

The "Big" Picture Categories

Best Picture: "Chicago"

Best Director: Martin Scorsese, "Gangs Of New York" Roman Polanski, "The Pianist"

Best Cinematography: "The Road To Perdition"

Best Editing: "Chicago"

Best Adapted Screenplay: "The Hours" "The Piano "

Best Original Screenplay: "Far From Heaven" "Talk To Her"

Acting Categories

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Gangs Of New York" Adrien Brody, "The Pianist"

Best Actress: Nicole Kidman

Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper

Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones

Visual-Ish Sort of Categories

Best Visual Effects: "The Lord Of The Rings"

Best Art Direction: "Gangs Of New York" "Chicago"

Best Costume Design: "Chicago"

Best Makeup: "Frida"

Categories That Somehow Center On Noisemaking

Best Song: "Father And Daughter," Paul Simon "Lose Yourself," Eminem

Best Original Score: "Catch Me If You Can," John Williams "Frida," Elliot Goldenthal

Best Sound: "Chicago"

Best Sound Editing: "The Lord Of The Rings"

The Not-Quite-So-Best Best Films

Best Live-Action Short Film: "This Charming Man"

Best Foreign Language Film: "Nowhere In Africa" (Germany)

Best Documentary Feature: "Daughter From Danang" "Bowling For Columbine"

Best Documentary Short Subject: "Twin Towers"

Best Animated Feature Film: "Ice Age" "Spirited Away"

Best Animated Short Subject: "The Chubbchubbs!"

Final Score: 15/24

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